Dungeon Dilettante
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Joined: Wednesday, 2nd January 2013, 03:01
Monday, 7th January 2013, 05:19
CIP : OpWz
After killing off a good population of Octopodes (one might call it genocide...) by munching them through my idiocy, I have one another prospective. I sure hope he's durable enough to survive me... If he does survive me, though, he should also aim to tackle extended.
Melee-wise I got a dagger of venom in D:2 which, along with meph, made a lot of encounters up to Lair entrance quite trivial. Ring of rPois, which was later replaced by the randart ring with additional effects, made things even more trivial. I was unlucky to have had Vehumet alter turn up in D:7, which made the training that much delayed, but I think I was also lucky in some other ways (like Baily be lined with deep water, letting me meph away on the poor orcs and picking up their root underwater), so I will have to just work on it.
I haven't put any skill points in any of the melee skills though, and have saved up most of enchant weapon scrolls I found in my stash. While I'm relying on a dagger right now, I am fond of polearms and am very much intrigued in the use of bow/crossbow, but I don't think I have enough strength to be carrying all that ammo. Maybe I can make do with just one or two hundreds :s Maybe flight (if I ever find the book for it anyways) might help with this? I am not sure if I have enough mana either :s
Magic-wise, I have decided to take on Ice and Air, along with Charm and a little bit of Translocation. Ice storm and Tornado are the ultimate goals, but as of now, I just learned throw icicle, which helped me dispatch hydras and spiny frogs in an open terrain. This is new to me as I usually try to dispatch them using freezing cloud, which they seem to simply race past and byte my 8 arms off before much damage is done, never mind kill them. The only problem was the mana cost since I was used to spamming magic dart before this. I will have to manage that somehow. I'll also learn freezing cloud spell anyways, and, with Summon Ice Beast, I hope to get some mileage off of it. I'm also thinking of making use of fireball against things immune to ice. Would fireball do much damage relying solely on conjuration, or would throw icicle deal more damage with it's 60% physical damage?
God-wise, I'm going Vehumet for spells, then switch over either to TSO or Jiyva. I always wanted to work with Jiyva's mutation with my Octopode. On the other hand, mp/hp on kill, angelic companions, and blessing a bow/crossbow do seem quite compelling. I just don't know if I can promise TSO I won't freeze that sleeping or confused Ogre running around in front of me...
I also read an interesting post combining Zin and Tornado (and Disjuction, but I don't think I have that spell in my copy), which seemed very fun...
Skill-wise, I decided to train 3~4 skills at a given time: 1 defensive skill, 1 offensive skill, Conjuration, Spellcasting. Focuses would be on either the defensive skill or the offensive skill unless Conjuration is the offensive skill being trained. This was in hopes to prevent my character from being a glass cannon, as was the case in my previous attempts at this character. Hopefully this way, I'll have enough offensive (mostly spells) power while having enough resilience to survive when my offenses isn't strong enough to dispatch the threat quickly (or when I'm on the run silenced, as was the case in the latest YASD with Mennas in Spider:2)
The problem right now, though, is that I need to train traps but I am not sure which skill to be replaced with. I'm thinking spellcasting...
Any suggestions or comments about this run would be much appreciated
Melee-wise I got a dagger of venom in D:2 which, along with meph, made a lot of encounters up to Lair entrance quite trivial. Ring of rPois, which was later replaced by the randart ring with additional effects, made things even more trivial. I was unlucky to have had Vehumet alter turn up in D:7, which made the training that much delayed, but I think I was also lucky in some other ways (like Baily be lined with deep water, letting me meph away on the poor orcs and picking up their root underwater), so I will have to just work on it.
I haven't put any skill points in any of the melee skills though, and have saved up most of enchant weapon scrolls I found in my stash. While I'm relying on a dagger right now, I am fond of polearms and am very much intrigued in the use of bow/crossbow, but I don't think I have enough strength to be carrying all that ammo. Maybe I can make do with just one or two hundreds :s Maybe flight (if I ever find the book for it anyways) might help with this? I am not sure if I have enough mana either :s
Magic-wise, I have decided to take on Ice and Air, along with Charm and a little bit of Translocation. Ice storm and Tornado are the ultimate goals, but as of now, I just learned throw icicle, which helped me dispatch hydras and spiny frogs in an open terrain. This is new to me as I usually try to dispatch them using freezing cloud, which they seem to simply race past and byte my 8 arms off before much damage is done, never mind kill them. The only problem was the mana cost since I was used to spamming magic dart before this. I will have to manage that somehow. I'll also learn freezing cloud spell anyways, and, with Summon Ice Beast, I hope to get some mileage off of it. I'm also thinking of making use of fireball against things immune to ice. Would fireball do much damage relying solely on conjuration, or would throw icicle deal more damage with it's 60% physical damage?
God-wise, I'm going Vehumet for spells, then switch over either to TSO or Jiyva. I always wanted to work with Jiyva's mutation with my Octopode. On the other hand, mp/hp on kill, angelic companions, and blessing a bow/crossbow do seem quite compelling. I just don't know if I can promise TSO I won't freeze that sleeping or confused Ogre running around in front of me...
I also read an interesting post combining Zin and Tornado (and Disjuction, but I don't think I have that spell in my copy), which seemed very fun...
Skill-wise, I decided to train 3~4 skills at a given time: 1 defensive skill, 1 offensive skill, Conjuration, Spellcasting. Focuses would be on either the defensive skill or the offensive skill unless Conjuration is the offensive skill being trained. This was in hopes to prevent my character from being a glass cannon, as was the case in my previous attempts at this character. Hopefully this way, I'll have enough offensive (mostly spells) power while having enough resilience to survive when my offenses isn't strong enough to dispatch the threat quickly (or when I'm on the run silenced, as was the case in the latest YASD with Mennas in Spider:2)
The problem right now, though, is that I need to train traps but I am not sure which skill to be replaced with. I'm thinking spellcasting...
Any suggestions or comments about this run would be much appreciated
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Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.11.1 (console) character file.
x4r the Conjurer (Octopode Wizard) Turns: 20905, Time: 01:53:38
HP 64/64 AC 3 Str 9 XL: 12 Next: 23%
MP 29/29 EV 18 Int 22 God: Vehumet [*****.]
Gold 419 SH 14 Dex 15 Spells: 8 memorised, 7 levels left
Res.Fire : + . . See Invis. : + w - dagger (venom)
Res.Cold : + . . Warding : + f - +3 buckler
Life Prot.: + . . Conserve : . b - +2 wizard hat
Res.Poison: + Res.Corr. : . y - amulet of warding
Res.Elec. : . Clarity : . m - ring of see invisible
Sust.Abil.: . . Spirit.Shd : . r - ring of protection from cold
Res.Mut. : . Stasis : . E - ring of levitation
Res.Rott. : . Ctrl.Telep.: . B - ring of invisibility
Saprovore : . . . Levitation : . c - ring of Piunesh {+Rage rPois rF+ Dex+4}
Ctrl.Flight: . (no ring)
(no ring)
(no ring)
@: somewhat resistant to hostile enchantments, quite stealthy
A: almost no armour, amphibious, 8 rings, constrict 8, camouflage 1, AC +1
a: Renounce Religion, Evoke Berserk Rage, Evoke Invisibility, Evoke Levitation
You are on level 2 of the Lair of Beasts.
You worship Vehumet.
Vehumet is extremely pleased with you.
You are not hungry.
You have visited 3 branches of the dungeon, and seen 14 of its levels.
You have also visited: Sewer and Bailey.
You have collected 689 gold pieces.
You have spent 290 gold pieces at shops.
Inventory:
Hand weapons
q - an uncursed orcish trident
w - an uncursed dagger of venom (weapon)
Armour
b - a +2 wizard hat (worn)
f - a +3 buckler (worn)
Magical devices
o - a wand of disintegration (8)
v - a wand of lightning {zapped: 1}
A - a wand of fire {recharged}
Comestibles
a - 3 chunks of crocodile flesh
d - 2 bread rations
k - 3 meat rations
u - a chunk of quokka flesh
I - 2 pears
Scrolls
e - 5 scrolls of blinking
n - a scroll of fog
s - 4 scrolls of teleportation
x - 2 scrolls of remove curse
F - a scroll of magic mapping
G - a scroll of fear
Jewellery
c - the ring of Piunesh (on tentacle) {+Rage rPois rF+ Dex+4}
(You took it off an orc in a bailey)
[ring of protection from fire]
It affects your dexterity (+4).
It protects you from poison.
It lets you go berserk.
m - a ring of see invisible (left tentacle)
r - a ring of protection from cold (right tentacle)
y - an amulet of warding (around mantle)
B - a ring of invisibility (on tentacle)
E - a ring of levitation (on tentacle)
Potions
g - 3 potions of agility
h - 5 potions of heal wounds
i - a bubbling brown potion
j - 3 potions of curing
l - a sedimented purple potion
p - 2 potions of brilliance
C - a glowing orange potion
D - 2 potions of restore abilities
L - a lumpy black potion
Skills:
+ Level 9.1 Dodging
- Level 2.7 Stealth
- Level 5.1 Shields
+ Level 8.7 Spellcasting
+ Level 11.0 Conjurations
- Level 1.0 Summonings
- Level 3.9 Translocations
* Level 6.4 Ice Magic
- Level 7.0 Air Magic
You have 7 spell levels left.
You know the following spells:
Your Spells Type Power Failure Level Hunger
a - Magic Dart Conj ##### 1% 1 None
b - Call Imp Summ ###....... 2% 2 None
c - Mephitic Cloud Conj/Pois/Air ######... 1% 3 None
d - Repel Missiles Chrm/Air #####..... 2% 2 None
e - Summon Ice Beast Ice/Summ #####..... 4% 4 ##.....
f - Conjure Flame Conj/Fire #####.... 1% 3 None
g - Throw Icicle Conj/Ice ######... 1% 4 ##.....
z - Blink Tloc N/A 1% 2 None
Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations
Branches:
Dungeon (10/27) Temple (1/1) D:7 Orc (0/4) D:8
Lair (3/8) D:10 Shoals (0/5) Lair:3
Swamp: Lair:3-6 Snake: Lair:3-6 Spider: Lair:3-6
Altars:
Ashenzari
Cheibriados
Elyvilon
Fedhas
Kikubaaqudgha
Makhleb
Nemelex Xobeh
Okawaru
Sif Muna
Trog
Vehumet
Xom
Yredelemnul
Zin
the Shining One
Shops:
D:5: ? D:7: / D:8: + D:10: [
Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations
You cannot wear most types of armour.
You are amphibious.
You can wear up to eight rings at the same time.
You can use your tentacles to constrict many enemies at once.
Your skin changes colour to match your surroundings (Stlth).
Your rubbery body absorbs attacks (AC +1).
Message History
You see here a chunk of crocodile flesh.
You start resting.
You smell something rotten. (slot t)
You start resting.
Some of the chunks of flesh in your inventory have completely rotted away.
You start resting.
HP restored.
You start resting.
Magic restored.
You drop 5 rotting chunks of fire drake flesh.
Read which item? (? for menu, Esc to quit)
Okay, then.
You aren't carrying or standing over any spellbooks.
Unknown command.
Casting: Mephitic Cloud
Confirm with . or Enter, or press ? or * to list all spells.
Okay, then.
Welcome back, x4r the Octopode Wizard.
Vehumet says: Let it end in hellfire!
Press ? for a list of commands and other information.
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Vanquished Creatures
A hydra (Lair:3)
3 orc knights (Bailey)
A hill giant (D:10)
Maurice (D:10)
2 black mambas
3 spiny frogs
A spriggan (D:7)
4 blink frogs (Lair:2)
5 yaks
2 hungry ghosts (D:8)
A fire drake (Lair:3)
6 necrophages
An orange crystal statue (D:9)
A black bear (Lair:1)
4 phantoms
A manticore (D:9)
An ice beast (D:10)
6 orc warriors
3 centaurs (D:9)
A troll zombie (D:8)
3 crocodiles
9 ogres
A yellow wasp (D:10)
Sigmund (D:6)
Duvessa (D:9)
4 sky beasts
5 water moccasins
A giant slug (Lair:2)
14 big kobolds
7 giant frogs
An agate snail (Lair:1)
3 eyes of draining (D:6)
A jellyfish (Bailey)
A fire bat (D:10)
2 goliath beetles
A big kobold zombie (D:7)
5 crimson imps
7 ogre zombies (D:8)
Dowan (D:9)
11 hounds
6 orc priests
Crazy Yiuf (D:3)
A big kobold skeleton (D:10)
5 iguanas
3 scorpions
A hound skeleton (D:9)
4 jellies
A quasit (D:10)
6 orc wizards
A worker ant zombie (D:7)
2 porcupines (Lair:2)
6 worker ants
Ijyb (D:3)
A mummy (D:9)
3 goliath beetle zombies
A gnoll (D:6)
18 adders
A giant centipede (Lair:3)
15 green rats
2 giant mites (D:5)
2 inept feature mimics
A white imp (D:10)
4 worms
4 grey rats (Sewer)
3 giant eyeballs
3 oozes
9 giant geckos
36 orcs
34 bats
6 giant cockroaches
13 goblins
13 hobgoblins
9 jackals
28 kobolds
6 quokkas
2 ball pythons
A giant gecko zombie (D:6)
8 giant newts
2 goblin skeletons (D:8)
2 goblin zombies (D:8)
3 hobgoblin zombies (D:8)
A jackal skeleton (D:4)
A kobold skeleton (D:4)
4 orc skeletons (D:8)
15 orc zombies (D:8)
22 rats
A rat skeleton (D:5)
A rat zombie (D:5)
A plant (D:10)
7 toadstools
448 creatures vanquished.
Vanquished Creatures (collateral kills)
An oklob plant (D:10)
A slime creature (D:9)
3 sharks (Bailey)
3 hungry ghosts
A manticore (D:9)
2 ice beasts
2 eyes of draining (D:6)
A jellyfish (Bailey)
An orc priest (D:9)
An iguana (Lair:2)
A hound (D:6)
An adder (D:2)
4 green rats (Lair:1)
3 orcs
2 bats (D:10)
A hobgoblin (D:2)
A jackal (Lair:1)
A quokka (Lair:3)
A plant (D:10)
31 creatures vanquished.
Vanquished Creatures (others)
6 ice beasts (Lair:3)
A centaur (D:10)
15 crimson imps
2 iron imps (D:10)
A hound (Lair:3)
16 white imps
4 shadow imps
A goblin (D:5)
A ball python (D:3)
A giant spore (D:7)
2 kobolds (D:2)
A rat (D:7)
A plant (D:10)
38 toadstools
90 creatures vanquished.
Grand Total: 569 creatures vanquished
Notes
Turn | Place | Note
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0 | D:1 | x4r, the Octopode Wizard, began the quest for the Orb.
0 | D:1 | Reached XP level 1. HP: 9/9 MP: 5/5
232 | D:1 | Reached XP level 2. HP: 15/15 MP: 7/7
245 | D:1 | Learned a level 2 spell: Call Imp
248 | D:1 | Learned a level 2 spell: Blink
823 | D:1 | Reached skill level 1 in Shields
840 | D:1 | Reached XP level 3. HP: 19/19 MP: 9/9
847 | D:1 | Learned a level 3 spell: Mephitic Cloud
1341 | D:2 | Reached XP level 4. HP: 10/25 MP: 3/11
1616 | D:2 | Found a shattered altar of Ashenzari.
1969 | D:2 | Found an ancient bone altar of Kikubaaqudgha.
2487 | D:3 | Reached XP level 5. HP: 29/29 MP: 13/13
2492 | D:3 | Learned a level 3 spell: Conjure Flame
2497 | D:3 | Noticed Sigmund
2767 | D:3 | Noticed an ogre
2785 | D:3 | Killed an ogre
3176 | D:3 | Noticed Ijyb
3185 | D:3 | Killed Ijyb
3185 | D:3 | Reached skill level 4 in Spellcasting
3299 | D:3 | Noticed Crazy Yiuf
3309 | D:3 | Killed Crazy Yiuf
3309 | D:3 | Reached XP level 6. HP: 35/35 MP: 9/16
4250 | D:4 | Noticed a hungry ghost
4272 | D:4 | Killed a hungry ghost
4450 | D:4 | Reached XP level 7. HP: 39/39 MP: 11/18
4593 | D:4 | Learned a level 2 spell: Repel Missiles
4623 | D:5 | Entered Level 5 of the Dungeon
4774 | D:5 | Reached skill level 5 in Shields
4960 | D:5 | Found Trorreon's Magic Scroll Boutique.
4968 | D:5 | Bought a scroll of identify for 22 gold pieces
4968 | D:5 | Bought a scroll of teleportation for 33 gold pieces
4968 | D:5 | Bought a scroll of remove curse for 33 gold pieces
4968 | D:5 | Bought a scroll of curse armour for 22 gold pieces
4968 | D:5 | Bought a scroll of random uselessness for 11 gold pieces
5065 | D:5 | Found a glowing drain.
5171 | Sewer | Entered a sewer
5760 | Sewer | Reached XP level 8. HP: 45/45 MP: 13/20
5822 | Sewer | Reached skill level 5 in Conjurations
6329 | D:5 | Reached skill level 5 in Spellcasting
6424 | D:5 | Reached skill level 1 in Air Magic
7270 | D:6 | Killed Sigmund
7426 | D:6 | Found a bloodstained altar of Trog.
8018 | D:6 | Reached XP level 9. HP: 49/49 MP: 17/21
8359 | D:6 | Found an iron altar of Okawaru.
8537 | D:7 | Found a staircase to the Ecumenical Temple.
8558 | Temple | Entered the Ecumenical Temple
8732 | D:7 | Reached skill level 6 in Conjurations
8909 | D:7 | Found a radiant altar of Vehumet.
8915 | D:7 | Became a worshipper of Vehumet
9126 | D:7 | Found a flagged portal.
9142 | Bailey | Entered a bailey
9747 | Bailey | Noticed an orc knight
9747 | Bailey | Noticed an orc knight
9752 | Bailey | Reached skill level 5 in Air Magic
9755 | Bailey | Noticed an orc knight
9758 | Bailey | Killed an orc knight
9758 | Bailey | Acquired Vehumet's first power
9758 | Bailey | Reached skill level 5 in Dodging
9955 | Bailey | Got a glittering pewter ring
10027 | Bailey | Killed an orc knight
10027 | Bailey | Reached XP level 10. HP: 54/54 MP: 17/24
10056 | Bailey | Reached skill level 7 in Conjurations
10073 | Bailey | Killed an orc knight
10921 | D:7 | Found Wazial's Magical Wand Emporium.
11275 | D:7 | Noticed a spriggan baker
11281 | D:7 | Killed a spriggan baker
11281 | D:7 | Acquired Vehumet's second power
11470 | D:8 | Reached skill level 8 in Conjurations
11822 | D:8 | Found a staircase to the Lair.
11887 | D:8 | Paralysed by a giant eyeball for 2 turns
12122 | D:8 | Found a staircase to the Orcish Mines.
12410 | D:8 | Acquired Vehumet's third power
12603 | D:8 | Found Hausas' Book Shop.
12642 | D:8 | Identified the ring of Piunesh {+Rage Dex+4} (You took it off an orc in a bailey)
12764 | D:8 | Reached skill level 9 in Conjurations
12904 | D:8 | the staircase to the Lair was a mimic.
13143 | D:9 | Noticed a slime creature
13146 | D:9 | Reached XP level 11. HP: 54/59 MP: 26/26
13168 | D:9 | Killed a slime creature
13476 | D:9 | Noticed Dowan
13486 | D:9 | Noticed Duvessa
13492 | D:9 | Killed Dowan
13515 | D:9 | Killed Duvessa
13917 | D:9 | Acquired Vehumet's fourth power
14513 | D:7 | Bought a wand of disintegration (9) for 169 gold pieces
14672 | D:10 | Entered Level 10 of the Dungeon
14999 | D:10 | Found a staircase to the Lair.
15628 | D:10 | Found Caonkum's Antique Armour Shoppe.
15768 | D:10 | Noticed a hill giant
15786 | D:10 | Killed a hill giant
15951 | D:10 | Noticed Maurice
15962 | D:10 | Killed Maurice
15962 | D:10 | Reached skill level 10 in Conjurations
16052 | D:10 | Found a shattered altar of Ashenzari.
16078 | D:10 | Found a white marble altar of Elyvilon.
16096 | D:10 | Found a shimmering altar of Xom.
16120 | D:10 | Found an ancient bone altar of Kikubaaqudgha.
16137 | D:10 | Found a deep blue altar of Sif Muna.
16165 | D:10 | Found a white marble altar of Elyvilon.
17114 | D:10 | Learned a level 4 spell: Summon Ice Beast
17237 | D:10 | Reached skill level 1 in Ice Magic
17263 | Lair:1 | Entered Level 1 of the Lair of Beasts
17429 | Lair:1 | You fall through a shaft!
18376 | Lair:2 | Reached skill level 5 in Ice Magic
18376 | Lair:2 | Reached XP level 12. HP: 55/64 MP: 11/28
19925 | Lair:2 | Learned a level 4 spell: Throw Icicle
19980 | Lair:3 | Noticed an eight-headed hydra
20271 | Lair:3 | Killed an eight-headed hydra
20535 | Lair:3 | Reached skill level 11 in Conjurations
20753 | Lair:3 | Found a staircase to the Shoals.